89 RUNING ROUGH AFTER TIMING REPLACED

1989 Isuzu Amigo • 135,000 miles

I replaced the timing belt last week and drove the car for a day - it didnt seem to have power - so I took it home and found that I had not properly tightened the tensioner. I have now installed a new tensioner, water pump, cam shaft sensor, and the belt. It took an act of congress to get all those marks lined up but finally did.

now when I start the car it takes a long time for it to start and when it does it wants to die. The CEL is on steady until I am able to get it idled up at which time it flashes (just a steady flash).

I am going to pull the covers and make sure I got the crank mark correct but wanted to ask if there was something I was missing. I thought it might have been 180 out so I moved the wires but though it runs it doesnt run differently. I am switching them back this afternoon. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Just called parts house by home - they charge $300 (retail price for reader) to take it and go home to read codes. Looks like I am going to fly blind on this. Thank you for you direction. I knew I needed the codes but I didnt realize that a flashing light was so aloof. (Smile)

One additional note is that I pulled the plug 1 and did a spark test. It has nice blue spark. However I went ahead and pulled all of the plugs and I noticed that they are all solid black - like the fuel is not burning.

I am confident it is a misfire issue. I am going to try and figure out how to test the resistance on all the electrical connections. I still havent found a picture or note that says 1, 2, 3, 4 position on the coil. I am assuming that from left to right (looking at motot from front of car) is 1, 3, 4, 2 but we know what assume does.

Well I got it started (not running) last night. It will not stay running though. It is almost like it has no fuel or air or spark or something that causes that explosion that produces power. It starts and as long as I have it throttled up high it will run but it cant idle at all. The motor looks like a caged bull wanting to jump out of its fence.

Each cylinder is paired with the cylinder that is opposite of it (1-4 or 2-3). The spark occurs simultaneously in the cylinder coming up on the compression stroke and in the cylinder coming up on the exhaust stroke.